The second weekend of the men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, and the North Carolina Tar Heels are still dancing!
After surviving a wild overtime game against defending national champions Baylor, UNC are back in action in the Sweet 16 tonight. Their opponent is yet another 2021 Final Four team as they’re set to take on the #4 seed UCLA Bruins.
After squeezing out a late win over Akron, UCLA beat St. Mary’s fairly easily to advance here. The Bruins came into the season with top five preseason ranking expectations, but, while they’ve still been good, they didn’t quite live up to those.